Article December 11, 1915 Issue

The writer does not for a moment think that our clerical...

Carl E. Herring

Beatrice (Neb.) Sun

The writer does not for a moment think that our clerical critic and others who are following the evangelistic calling are wilfully misrepresenting Christian Science, but rather that their utterances and illustrations arise from ignorance as to the teachings of Christian Science; and if this be true, this ignorance extends to a failure to grasp the message left by of Nazareth. Surely no one can read the story of blind Bartimaeus, the healing of the centurion's servant, Jairus' daughter, those sick with the palsy, the lepers, the blind, and the deaf, and attuned to the divine message read the Master's promise, "He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father," and then make light of a great body of devout, sincere people who are earnestly endeavoring to obey the Master's command to "heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils," and thus claim the promises, "These signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; . . . they shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover;" "If a man keep my saying, he shall never see death."

Now there is a great body of people who do not believe that Jesus healed the sick, and of course they do not believe that he commanded his followers in all ages to heal the sick. They sometimes go so far as to ridicule Jesus and his disciples, although generally this class is charitable of others' belief.

But our critic does believe that Jesus healed the sick and that he commanded us to heal the sick, and therefore his criticisms relate back to their primal source, namely, to the works of Jesus, for it was Jesus himself who sent this word to John by the men who had brought his message, "Go . . . tell John what things ye have seen and heard; how that the blind see, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised."

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